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ATLANTA (Aug. 27, 2012) -- Renowned activists, authors and professors Angela Y. Davis and Melissa Harris-Perry to give public lectures on "More than a Vote: Women’s Struggle for Full Citizenship," as part of the new Spelman College Ida B. Wells-Barnett Distinguished Lecture Series.

ATLANTA (Aug. 16, 2012) -- New York Times best-selling author Pearl Cleage, C’71, has teamed up with award-winning filmmaker Ayoka Chenzira, Ph.D., founder and director of the Spelman College Digital Moving Image Salon, to bring her novels to the screen in what has been dubbed The Pearl Cleage Film Project.

Women have been fighting for equal rights in sports stemming back to their exclusion from the first modern day Olympics in 1896. While today, many female athletes are celebrated and continue to make strides on the playing field, it’s at the executive round-table where women often face hurdles and need to fill more seats.

ATLANTA, (June 14, 2012) -- Spelman College has been selected to receive a four-year, $1 million grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute to support undergraduate science education, create more engaging science classes, bring real-world research experiences to students, and increase diversity among students who study science.

Spelman College is going mad! Competing to be one of three social media national champions in the Social Madness competition, the College is vying to win a $10,000. On Tuesday, June 18, the College will learn if it made it to Round 1, with survivors going into a head-to-head, bracket-style competition-described by The Business Journals as "the social-media version of the National Football League's draft, minicamp and exhibition season rolled into one."

ATLANTA, GA – April 26, 2012 - The KIPP Foundation announced today that it will partner with Morehouse College and Spelman College in an effort to increase college completion rates for underserved KIPP students in Atlanta and nationwide. KIPP co-founder Mike Feinberg is in Atlanta today to sign the partnership agreement on behalf of KIPP. These partnerships are the first in the nation between a charter school organization and a historically black college or university.

ATLANTA (April 23, 2012) -- Four documentaries chronicling the experiences of women of color as war veterans, reproductive rights activists, domestic workers, and job seekers in the midst of an economic recession will be the subjects of the Eighth Annual Spelman College Digital Moving Image Salon Student Documentary Film Showcase on April 26, 2012.

ATLANTA (April 19, 2012) -- On Sunday, May 20, at 3 p.m., global media leader and philanthropist Oprah Winfrey will inspire approximately 550 graduates when she delivers the commencement address to the Class of 2012. Winfrey, who received an honorary degree from Spelman College in 1993 will also receive the institution’s National Community Service Award. Honorary degrees will also be given to Dazon Dixon Diallo, C’86, founder and president of SisterLove Inc., and actress, playwright and professor Anna Deavere Smith.